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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Dec 2015

      The History of Santa Claus & Father Christmas -- just a bit of seasonal fun :) http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/ pic.twitter.com/zEBbnX1Ujo

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Dec 2015

      Lecture notes on the Origins of Xmas, by B.K. Swartz, Jr., Prof of Anthropology at BSU :) http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/swartz/American%20Christmas%20Origins.htm …pic.twitter.com/WXDxhPRr61

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Father Christmas--merged w/ Santa Claus in L19thC but originally separate & gave no gifts! http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/pages/english.htm …pic.twitter.com/RFFmghHH3n

          12 replies 117 retweets 125 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Oxford Scholarly Editions version of Ben Jonson's 1616 "Christmas his Masque": http://www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780198113584.book.1/actrade-9780198113584-div2-31?r-1=1.000&wm-1=0&t-1=workmap-tab&p1-1=1&w1-1=0.600&p2-1=1&w2-1=0.400#.VnGEREwZpXM.twitter …pic.twitter.com/XLjrKjL0F0

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 22 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          St Nicholas' tomb at Bari, Italy---was moved there from Myra, Turkey, in 1087: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/saint-in-bari/ …pic.twitter.com/9PkCfvGViJ

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          St Nicholas of Myra--an assessment of the early stories of his life & their historicity: http://www.livius.org/articles/person/nicholas-of-myra/ …pic.twitter.com/PMO3eZlOPI

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Dec 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Earliest US image of a Christmas tree was published 1836 in The Stranger's Gift by H Bokum: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Christmas/tree.htm …pic.twitter.com/CPAwUCl01U

          Black and white image of a Christmas tree, with children and their mother around it.
          1 reply 21 retweets 23 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Dec 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Queen Victoria & Prince Albert w/ their family and Christmas Tree; Illustrated London News, 1848.pic.twitter.com/g7HPx4FEWZ

          Colour image of the nineteenth-century royal family gathered around their Christmas tree.
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        2. Rokewood‏ @Rokewood 24 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen don't forget Lévi-Strauss & possibly the best essay ever written about Christmas, children, the dead http://goo.gl/CWHLeR 

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Dec 2015
          Replying to @Rokewood

          @Rokewood thanks! And merry Christmas :)

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        2. Just As It Was‏ @noah_nonsense 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen This contains the hoary old mistake that Mithras was connected to 25 Dec tho.

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @noah_nonsense

          @noah_nonsense Yes, I'd have a few corrections/changes too, but not my resource, I merely saved it from university IT reorganisation loss!

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        2. C. Synke  🌏 🌍 🌎‏ @Heidentweet 11 Dec 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Hmm, is there a historical source of Woden giving gifts to children?

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Dec 2016
          Replying to @Heidentweet

          Often claimed, but am wary, have to admit....

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        4. C. Synke  🌏 🌍 🌎‏ @Heidentweet 11 Dec 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Black Peter also controversial subject in Netherlands. Racists use this kind of unclear info to justify black facing.

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        1. J.J. Adamson's username is a complete sentence!‏ @JoelJAdamson 22 Dec 2015
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          @caitlinrgreen They look very happy to see him

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        1. Tim‏ @Loxsoceles 16 Dec 2015
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          @caitlinrgreen Father Xmas give us some money...Kinks!..LOL!

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        1. Chelsea Lyon‏ @shhhhh1219 15 Dec 2015
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          @caitlinrgreen loved this!

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        1. Marius Hollenga‏ @MariusHollenga 15 Dec 2015
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          @caitlinrgreen ,.I was so terrified of him that I hid under my bed and cried. :P

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        1. Marius Hollenga‏ @MariusHollenga 15 Dec 2015
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          @caitlinrgreen My parents once hired a man dressed as Sinterklaas to give us presents when I was little..

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